Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
Theatrical release poster.
Directed byGeorge Marshall
Written byGeorge Kennett
Albert E. Lewin
Burt Styler
Produced byEdward Small
StarringBob Hope
Elke Sommer
Phyllis Diller
Marjorie Lord
CinematographyLionel Lindon
Music byWilliam "By" Dunham
Richard LaSalle
Production
company
Edward Small Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
June 8, 1966
Running time
99 min
CountryUnited States
Box office$4.3 million (est. US/ Canada rentals)[1]

Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! is a 1966 American comedy film starring Bob Hope and Elke Sommer.

Plot

A gorgeous actress named Didi (Elke Sommer) has become more famous for commercials involving bubble baths than for acting. Fed up with the situation, she winds up running away for a while to Oregon, where she encounters a middle-aged married man (Bob Hope) who quickly becomes extremely anxious to explore their acquaintance further.

Cast

Production

The film was Bob Hope's second with Edward Small.[2] Filming started October 1965.[3] It marked Phyllis Diller's film debut as a lead - she signed for five more pictures with Hope.[4]

Reception

With Bob Hope's film career on the downswing by the '60s, Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! was critically panned and compared to a "90-minute TV sitcom".[5] The critic for the New York Times drew parallels with Up in Mabel's Room which Edward Small had made twenty years previously.[6] Reviews were poor.[7] However it performed well at the box office.

References

  1. ^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1966", Variety, 4 January 1967 p 8
  2. ^ Star of 'Luv' Called Genius Hopper, Hedda. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 02 Aug 1965: d17.
  3. ^ MOVIE CALL SHEET: Train Wreck Derails Film Martin, Betty. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 11 Aug 1965: d12.
  4. ^ 'Wrong Number' Starts Diller in Films Clifford, Terry. Chicago Tribune (1963-Current file) [Chicago, Ill] 01 May 1966: g15.
  5. ^ Bob Hope: More Than A Gagster?: Bob Hope: More Than A Gagster? By JEFFREY COUCHMAN. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 06 May 1979: 85.
  6. ^ Bob Hope and 'A Wrong Number' New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 09 June 1966: 52
  7. ^ lke Sommer, Gags Bubble in Hope's 'Wrong Number' Scheuer, Philip K. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 15 June 1966: d14.

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Films directed by George Marshall
Films produced by Edward Small
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